US5127664A
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Trolley with improved telescopic tubes
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1991-09-27
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Granted: 1992-07-07
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Expires: 2011-09-27
Abstract
Abstract A trolley with improved telescopic tubes. A main frame has a pair of wheels and a support frame attached to a bottom thereof. The main frame is characterized by three pairs of telescoping tubes with a handle at a top thereof maintaining the pair of tubes in a spaced relationship. An actuating lever is disposed near the handle and, in conjunction with a pair of actuating bars inserted through the pair of tubes, allows the pairs of tubes to telescope.
Inventors
- 👤 Chiun-Jer Cheng
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 22:37
CPC Classifications
B; B62; B62B; B62B1/00; B62B1/10; B62B1/12; B62B1/125; B62B2202/00; B62B2202/24; B62B2206/00; B62B2206/02; B62B2206/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
356 words
A trolley comprising: a main frame comprising a first pair of tubes, a second pair of tubes being telescopically received in said first pair of tubes, and a third pair of tubes being telescopically received in said second pair of tubes; a first connector means for coupling and maintaining in a spaced relationship said first and said second pair of tubes; a second connector means for coupling and maintaining in a spaced relationship said second and said third pairs of tubes; a handle being disposed between said third pair of tubes at tops thereof; a support frame with wheel for carrying articles thereon being attached to said first pair of tubes at bottoms thereof; and actuating means for telescopically extending and folding said first, second, and third pairs of tubes comprising: a pair of actuating bars being longitudinally disposed in said third pair of tubes, each one of said pair of actuating bars comprising a lower guide with a chamfer being disposed on a bottom thereof and a upper guide with a chamfer being disposed upward from said lower guide; an actuating lever means being disposed on a top portion of said third pair of tubes comprising a lever being disposed therebetween, a pair of pins each being disposed transversely therein and fixed to said lever and having said actuating bar fixed thereto at tops thereof, and a pair of springs each being disposed in said top portions of said third pair of tubes between said pins and said id handle; and engaging means for engaging with said upper guide or said lower guide being disposed at said first and said second connecting means, each said engaging means comprising a protuberance transversely disposed in one of said first and second respective tubes of said third pair of tubes and a spring being disposed between a respective said connecting means and said protuberance for urging said protuberance in said respective tube, such that when said lever is pulled toward said handle, said actuating bars are upwardly displaced, drawing said chamfers of said guides against said protuberance, urging said protuberance outward, thereby allowing said tubes to displace telescopically.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
356 words
A trolley comprising: a main frame comprising a first pair of tubes, a second pair of tubes being telescopically received in said first pair of tubes, and a third pair of tubes being telescopically received in said second pair of tubes; a first connector means for coupling and maintaining in a spaced relationship said first and said second pair of tubes; a second connector means for coupling and maintaining in a spaced relationship said second and said third pairs of tubes; a handle being disposed between said third pair of tubes at tops thereof; a support frame with wheel for carrying articles thereon being attached to said first pair of tubes at bottoms thereof; and actuating means for telescopically extending and folding said first, second, and third pairs of tubes comprising: a pair of actuating bars being longitudinally disposed in said third pair of tubes, each one of said pair of actuating bars comprising a lower guide with a chamfer being disposed on a bottom thereof and a upper guide with a chamfer being disposed upward from said lower guide; an actuating lever means being disposed on a top portion of said third pair of tubes comprising a lever being disposed therebetween, a pair of pins each being disposed transversely therein and fixed to said lever and having said actuating bar fixed thereto at tops thereof, and a pair of springs each being disposed in said top portions of said third pair of tubes between said pins and said id handle; and engaging means for engaging with said upper guide or said lower guide being disposed at said first and said second connecting means, each said engaging means comprising a protuberance transversely disposed in one of said first and second respective tubes of said third pair of tubes and a spring being disposed between a respective said connecting means and said protuberance for urging said protuberance in said respective tube, such that when said lever is pulled toward said handle, said actuating bars are upwardly displaced, drawing said chamfers of said guides against said protuberance, urging said protuberance outward, thereby allowing said tubes to displace telescopically.
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